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Mathematics

[L:26] Kant distinguishes philosophy and mathematics as "two kinds of cognitions which both are a priori and yet have many pronounced differences." The "different manner of rational cognition or of the use of reason in mathematics and philosophy" accounts for the sharp distinction; "philosophy, namely, is that cognition of reason out of mere concepts; mathematics, on the contrary, is the cognition of reason out of the construction of concepts."